tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post8157973425189482393..comments2008-12-12T15:12:12.472-08:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-61043096973263963702008-12-12T13:11:00.000-08:002008-12-12T13:11:00.000-08:00I thought I read somewhere that the first steam buses in London were used in 1831.<BR/><BR/>LondonFredrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08091174098282367209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-25453640988342680042008-11-25T22:53:00.000-08:002008-11-25T22:53:00.000-08:00Great photos, thanks. However I really have to wonder why you think steam is in any way toxic or noxious - it is just hot water! Far, far less toxic than even the most cleaned-up catalytic-converter equipped gasoline or diesel motor. <BR/><BR/>As another poster pointed out, steam power tends to be quieter than internal combustion engines of equivalent power, and modern steam engine designs are remarkably fuel efficient.fnordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-28266741773585253822008-02-10T16:02:00.000-08:002008-02-10T16:02:00.000-08:00thank you James, I updated the post with your photoAvi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-18358706567480807312008-02-10T14:22:00.000-08:002008-02-10T14:22:00.000-08:00I see photos of two which my dad was involved in, in OF and MP. MP was his when he was a lad, photos are at:<BR/><BR/>http://pacificcoast.net/~wx732/Photos%20for%20Traction%20Talk/David's%20B&W/DavidsPhotos.html<BR/><BR/>(by the way, those are both waggons, with two g's. English is a flexable language when you invent the word)<BR/><BR/>James PowellJames Powellhttp://pacificcoast.net/~wx732/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-86146252138632252272008-01-12T15:13:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:13:00.000-08:00I've seen several of these vehicles. The Lake District steam bus was built up as a bus literally 1 mile from here. Fantastic vehicles. I'm a steam boat guy myself.Maltelechttp://maltelec.no-ip.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-91580907195154945892008-01-07T13:53:00.000-08:002008-01-07T13:53:00.000-08:00Here is a great Video "Oil Drum" By Alan Shapiro <BR/>(Johnny Cash Recorded two of Alan's songs) <BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_zWyf9R0QcJoe and Auburn's Garden Venuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10744196173931499810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-22549671421459200712008-01-02T05:01:00.000-08:002008-01-02T05:01:00.000-08:00look at this link,it's amazing:<BR/>www.freeweb.deltha.hu/zastava.in.hu/wood-gas.htmNikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-40869947302129712632008-01-02T03:32:00.000-08:002008-01-02T03:32:00.000-08:00Some nice pictures there. thanksmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-26613114763462160082008-01-01T18:55:00.000-08:002008-01-01T18:55:00.000-08:00Keep in mind that 100 horsepower is a *lot* for a steam engine. They are the kings of torque. In most US tractor pulls team traction engines are ineligible to compete. Given their torque and weight, they go about as fast with the sled as without it. :-)stickmakerhttp://stickmaker.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-5051569870945048862007-12-24T19:52:00.000-08:002007-12-24T19:52:00.000-08:00Stuff the hole in the ozone whatever it is, bring back steam power!liitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10014369444913067959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-35422399018348105222007-12-22T20:38:00.000-08:002007-12-22T20:38:00.000-08:00Smoke and ashes, yes. Loud, no. The old timers here preferred them for threshing because a man on the tractor could talk to a man at the rear of the threshing machine, 60-80 feet away. Try that with a gas tractor let alone a diesel. Besides, the fuel (straw) was free.Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-17296399326968837812007-12-22T08:38:00.000-08:002007-12-22T08:38:00.000-08:00My mum grew up on Romney Marsh during the 1920s and 30s. Some time around 1930 the whole school went on a trip to the seaside (which was only a few miles away) and travelled by flat car drawn behind a traction engine. Because of the very flat terrain, from their perch on the school wall they could see the puffs of steam and smoke and hear the chuffing for nearly half an hour before it arrived. The excitment for a bunch of rural children few of whom had ever been near a car let alone ridden in one must have been intense.<BR/>Can't imagine the safety lot liking kids riding on an open flatbed but of course they only travelled at walking pace.Skipweaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17901297556949267754noreply@blogger.com